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T1 Causal attribution and the analysis of literary characters: A. C. Bradley's study of Iago and Othello
A1 Cámara Arenas, Enrique
K1 Narratology
K1 fictional characters
K1 Social psychology
K1 Person-perception
K1 Characterization
AB A. C. Bradley's approach to character-construal in Shakespearean Tragedy(1904) has often been regarded as a good example of the humanizing approachto literary characters. His lectures on Iago, Othello or Macbethhave been criticized by other scholars for a number of reasons, but particularlyfor using premises and facts in his argumentation which are notfound in the plays. Bradley's task is in many senses an example of personperception, which he performs without alluding to any social psychologicaltheories or methods. In the present article I revise Bradley's reasoningin the light of Kelley 's Covariance Theo1y of Causal Attribution, in an attemptboth to re-evaluate Bradley s procedures and, especially, to determineways in which social psychology might provide literary critics withvaluable tools and insights.
PB de Gruyter
YR 2010
FD 2010
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/33628
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/33628
LA eng
NO Cámara-Arenas, Enrique. "Causal attribution and the analysis of literary characters: A. C. Bradley's study of Iago and Othello." Journal of Literary Semantics, 39 (2010). p.43-66.
DS UVaDOC
RD 18-nov-2024